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“I’m ぐうless”: A Japanese Idiom For Touché Moments

October 23, 2018

ぐうの音も出ない (ぐうのねもでない, guu no ne mo denai)  is an advanced Japanese idiom that means "you get lost for words because someone gets you in an argument".Read More

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